Back he is. Prince Pentawere, a man who attempted to kill his own father, Pharaoh Ramesses III, and later committed himself after being prosecuted for the crime, is now on exhibit to the public at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
The “screaming mummy,” also known as Pentawere’s mummy, was not mummified correctly. His body was left to mummify naturally without the use of embalming fluid, with his mouth open and his facial muscles tensed to give the impression that the mummy was yelling.
It’s unknown if he actually died screaming or if he was altered to seem that way after passing away.
After that, his body was covered in sheepskin, which the ancient Egyptians believed to be ritually impure.
Pentawere’s mummy was eventually buried in a tomb at Deir el-Bahari alongside other mummies.
The fact that his assassination attempt seems to have been successful gives the prince some consolation. Ramesses III (ruled 1184–1155 B.C.) died after having his neck cut, most likely in the murder attempt that Pentawere helped plan, according to a team of experts who examined Ramesses III’s mummies in 2012.
The DNA testing the researchers did further supported the conclusion that the “screaming mummy” was a son of Ramesses III. Additionally, the experts confirmed that the mummy is most certainly Pentawere’s based on the body’s peculiar burial method.
Killing a pharaoh
Modern academics refer to the Judicial Papyrus of Turin as the manuscript that records the trials that took place after Pentawere’s ostensibly successful attempt to murder his father in 1155 B.C.
Numerous persons who had supposedly helped Pentawere were put on trial and sentenced to death or mutilation by a group of butlers who remained faithful to Ramesses III and his successor, Ramesses IV.
These conspirators comprised military and civil officials, female members of the royal harem (perhaps the location of Ramesses III’s death), and several men who oversaw the royal harem.
A woman named Tiye, who was one of Ramesses III’s wives and is unrelated to King Tutankhamun, is said to have helped Prince Pentawere.
Prince Pentawere was “brought in because he had been in conjunction with Tiye, his mother, when she had arranged the matters with the women of the harem,” according to the judicial papyrus (translation by A. de Buck).
The papyrus records that Pentawere “was brought before the butlers to be questioned; they judged him guilty; they left him where he was; he took his own life.”
Scholars disagree on the precise way by which Pentawere committed suicide, but poisoning and hanging (or a mixture of the two) are usually seen as the most plausible options.
The mummy of Pharaoh Ramesses III was transferred after his tomb was robbed, despite the fact that he had been initially interred in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. It’s interesting that Pentawere’s mummy and his were both buried in the same mummy cache at Deir el-Bahari.
Before the family of a man by the name of Abd el-Rassul discovered the treasure in the 19th century, the mummies of the murdered father and his murderous son were resting side by side.
The shrieking mummy is only on show for a short time. It is unclear how long the mummy will be on exhibit, but it has garnered considerable media attention.
Source: nhadep99.com
